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Bei itz'lmow ozrxt LJULIEN S'LRANDERS, a lffsuiojeotxof the King :of `(Street Britain, and

residientyoi" lier-J York, borough of Brooklyn,

` wom'lty of Kings, and State `oii New' York,A

flh'meiinreiited CertainV neY-.v'erid useful` Imf rovements `1 11 Display Devices, of l'which the loikfvvnig is d specification;

'."eliow-viiidows, :md to he arranged in irifoliled or 'Col-lapsed eoiidition.

he objeotof' theinventfon is to provide spl'oyilevice'that-.is inexpensive to mimondhvh'iohi Kiley be `folded in con l'e'pe ilor shipiient ood transporta.-

stated-0 the toperative starte by the ie e 'movement ofthe lm'ervobers relatively other "ijiiige'd mftheir firent; edge and lhoged otfthe reeredge, the forward the holdingportion beinghinged to is}iloy i1t:'es,ftlie hoiding" `portion ond disp v-'ooes forming inone open 'posit-ion 4:i ree'tzmgle,`the fold oi the dispiaj aces and diagonal line thereof, ohd the 'points' "11g oiL the holdinggv-portioi to the Li'fiv-fooes being' arranged on the other dieoonel.

The invention consists further in .errangingl o plurality of forces in` the form of o pyramid continuing the holding portion from the lowest display face to the uppermost, the ports being' so arranged that on the closing of the holdingportioo all of the dispioy feces ore .also folded in their closed position. By this meons the display device offer folding he readily and oonenierxtljf packed :md shipped, and when opeiied may reodiiy and quickly pieeed ,in position of use,

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lgs, rigore l :Ly-device, 2 is o front-view of the L.; e mie, Fig. 3 is o side-view,

Fig. if is ay `oli-view of the display-device shown in 2, .5 is e top-view of the displaydevice in extended position, and Fig'. (i is o top-view of the display-device in nearly folded collapsed form.

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Speciicaten of 'Letters Patent.

v This iziierition relates to Vdisplay-'devioesJ vfo the'limd ftlietore mteiided' to loe set `up on after tliejfhaveiueenopened fromVy fdr', also readily y#opened f from the this' purpose'theV iov'ertioxi` onsists of" ii" reor iioltling-portion or supportingemem# the fold or the holdinggpar beiiig arranged ASSGNOR TQ HARRY B. KRUGER, F

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f Y Application filed Eline 13, 1911. Serial No. 632,842.

Similar letters of reference indicate cer-- responding parts throughout,I the several figures.

Referring `to the drawings, e purality of display faces 7, 8, 9, 10l are arranged one above the other, each Set'1eo.r\'vorclly from the one immediately below-it. The different display faces dier in size, the longest' 10 'beixzgfat the bottom and the shortest 7 at the topfeooh yone diering in size :from the other zi'l'dmount to produce a, symmetrical appearance. llaolro'f the display 'feces ishinged to the supporting-memberll hy' means oth-owing the forward en dofithe supporting-member turned over ,to-form a. riep 12 which is seouredby'glueor other suitable means to the displeyfoces, fitbeing essentiel that the hinge thus formed operate freely; The 'supporting-member l1V is 'formed of one sheet ofifnoteriel which is `folded etthe' real-*edge 13 and atits forward .-dge isxhent over and secured to the'dsplzzy fooeboythe hinge 12.! i i The display faces arepreferably .mede 'of one Apiece Aand" folded at the front edge lt. The edges 13 and 14: are diagonally oppo lsite' each/other and the hinges. 12 are also diagonally opposite 'each other and 'these itoldedy edges as also rthe hinges losing read ily movhle, the supportiiigmemloer end the di'spley-feces may yhe moved relatively lto Ieuch other to take any 'position from the Ain the manner just; described by means of the turned-over hinge and the edge 13 of--tlie supporting-member forming a continuous; edge from the bottom lowermost displaymember to the uppermost. ln order to conceal the supportngmember and thereby further enhance the value of the displaydevice the bottom of each displziydiaoe eXf tends slightly below the upper edge of the onebelow it. It will also be not-iced'thot the point of the display-face to which the supporting-member is hinged, is at the central part of the display-member whereby the rear i faces.

, The device may be made of cardboard throughout, which is of suitable stiffness and at the'same time forms folding edges; but it is clear that other yieldable material may be used, the invention consist-ing particularly in the arrangement of the supporting-member and the display-faces in a square or rectangular arrangement which is collapsible along its diagonals and by means of which it may be folded into flat condition for shipment, and when desired opened into self-'sustaining operative form.'

It is obvious that changes maybe-made in the construction without departing from the spirit 4of the invent-ion.

Having thus described my invention, I

Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A display device consisting of a supporting member provided with a single fold to form a rear edge and s a display facev provided with a single foldtol foma front edge, the supporting member having its free edges hinged to the rear of the display face,

whereby the device may be folded 4into two different collapsed positions, or opened into operative position, the rear edge of the display face being substantially in line with the rear edge of the su'pportingfmember when in .one of collapsed positions and having itsl'supporting member .contiguous to the display lapsed positions.

face when in the other ofv its col4 2. A display-device, yconsisting of a supe porting-member hinged at its rear edge and having a plurality o? steps at the front thereof, a plurality of display-faces on the steps of the su porting-member, and a hinge-connection` etween the front edges of the supporting-member and the rear part of the display-faces. f

8. A display-device, consistingA of a plurality of display-faces folded so as to form a folded front edge, arranged one above the other, the lower member extendin above the lowermost portion of the -mem er imme-` diately above it, a supporting-member folded to form a folded rear edge extending from the lowermost display-member tothe uppermost and having steps at -itsV =front portion extending below the lowermost edge 'of each display-member, and turned-over portions at vt ing-1nember secured to the rear side of the display-faces at a point substantially at the middle part of each display-face, whereby when the device is in collapsed or folded position the rear edge of the supporting-member and the rear edges of the display-faces are in line lwith and in proximity toeach other.

'11n testimony, that I claim the foregoing e front edges of the support-v Y as my invention, I have signed my name in presence lof two subscribing witnesses.

. JULIEN STlIANDERS.

Witnesses:

JOHN MURTAGH, L. M. DORMAN. 

